Recording your mix..

[Mitch]

Eggsell is on the money

[andyman]

^^^

When I had the DDM 4000, I had to have the channel gains right down and control the output with the master to get a clean sound.

[Jaz]

yep eggs is right, my master only sits about half way and gains at highest green bar when recording, you could have your master at near full if you really need to but you will have to drop your record in levels on your computer for sure

[AlexJ]

Can you record straight from traktor to file on computer? The playback as mp3 or something later?

Just thinking about the record for the ddj-t1 or should i just go with rca to aux (ddj master to aux comp mic jack) and have traktor open with audactiy, doing set with traktor after pressing record in audacity?

[eggssell]

i dont have a ddjt-1 but i would be very surprised if you couldnt just straight record, as i assume essentially you are mixing internally.

when using a NI audio card, you need to route an out from your mixer into the card, and then setup in traktor to accept the input.

however if you are mixing internally i think you can just hit record??

anyways wait for someone who has one since there are about a million people now...

[andyman]

I had this same problem.

I just let Mitch remote in to my computer and fix all the things.

From what I understand, it was a routing issue.

[Mitch]

Yer traktor has an internal record function up top right of the screen you can use that.

If you need more details can explain when I'm home from work

[AlexJ]

yer i can see there is the option to record, just can work out how to get it all going?

[AlexJ]

OK so recorded le mix using traktor.

Set location for output to desktop so it was easy to find later-Recorded it as WAV file.

Chucked it in audacity (am yet to do anything yet)

MY question is how do you reduce the file size? My 27min mix is like 300megs big, which is really more than i wanna try uploading to soundcloud in one go..lol so any ideas how to reduce the size without loosing too much quality? (all the tracks you used to record were 320)

[Gandy]

export the mix with audacity as mp3 320

[AlexJ]

export the mix with audacity as mp3 320

any idea of the expected file size from 300mb?

[Gandy]

export the mix with audacity as mp3 320

any idea of the expected file size from 300mb?

not sure of the exact compression, but i think you will be looking at around 80 -100mb as a rough guess

it doesnt take long to do so you might as well

[Mitch]

WAV is 10MB / minute.

So your mix is about half hour long.

Will compress to around 50MB

[AlexJ]

says I require a some LAME mp3 thing?

Ive never really had to use audacity before, so apologise for noob posts.

[Gandy]

you can also use itunes to convert file formats

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550

iTunes: How to convert a song to a different file format

Summary

You can convert a song to a different file format while keeping a copy of the original. For example, you can save a copy of an uncompressed song file such as AIFF or WAV to a compressed format like MP3, AAC, or Apple Lossless Encoder.

Products Affected

iTunes

Saving a copy of a song in a new file format

When converting from a compressed to uncompressed file format (for example, from MP3 to AIFF) you shouldn't notice any reduction in sound quality. However, when converting between compressed formats (for example MP3 and AAC), you may notice a reduction in the sound quality. For the best results, if you want your music encoded in a different file format, you should import the music again from the original source using the new encoding format.

To convert a song's file format:

Open iTunes Preferences.

Windows: Choose Edit > Preferences.

Mac: Choose iTunes > Preferences.

Click the General button, then click the Importing Settings button in the second section of the window.

From the Import Using pop-up menu, choose the encoding format that you want to convert the song to, then click OK to save the settings.

Select one or more songs in your library, then from the Advanced menu, choose one of the following (The menu item changes to show what's selected in your Importing preferences):

Create MP3 version

Create AAC version

Create AIFF version

Create WAV version

Create Apple Lossless version

If you haven't imported some songs into iTunes yet, you can import and convert them at the same time. This will create a converted copy of the file in your iTunes Library based on your iTunes preferences. To convert all the songs in a folder or on a disk, hold down the Option key (Mac) or Shift key (Windows) and choose Advanced > Convert Import preference setting. The Import preference setting will match what you chose in step 3. iTunes will prompt you for the location of the folder or disk you want to import and convert. All the songs in the folder or on the disk will be converted. Note: Some purchased songs are encoded using a protected AAC format that prevents them from being converted. iTunes Plus purchases are not protected and can be converted.

The song in its original format and the newly converted song appear in your library.

Additional Information

About compression

When you convert a song, some data may be lost due to the way certain formats compress data. For this reason these formats are sometimes called "lossy" formats. The advantage of using a "lossy" format is that the file sizes are much smaller, which means you can store more songs in the same amount of disk space. The disadvantage is that the sound quality may not be as good as the original, uncompressed format. Depending on the song, the speakers or headphones, and the player you use to play the song, you may not be able to tell the difference between a compressed "lossy" song and a song that is not compressed.

Once a song is compressed (meaning some of its data is lost) you cannot retrieve the data by uncompressing it. If you convert a song from a "lossy" format to a uncompressed format, the quality of the song will not improve and the file will only take up more disk space. For example, if you convert a song in MP3 format (a compressed format) to AIFF (an uncompressed format) the song will take up much more space on the hard disk, but it will still sound the same as the compressed file. In order to take advantage of uncompressed formats you should only import songs using these formats.

A note about copyright

iTunes software may be used to reproduce materials. It is licensed to you only for reproduction of non-copyrighted materials, materials in which you own the copyright, or materials you are authorized or legally permitted to reproduce. If you are uncertain about your right to copy any material, you should contact your legal advisor. See the iTunes Store Terms of Service for additional information.

[AlexJ]

ok thanks. will investigate this